Category Archives: history

“The Salem Bitch Trials” Transcript, Saturday Night Live (Shannon Doherty) — 1993

Posted on October 16, 2025 by Kip

I cannot for the life of me find a video of this classic SNL skit, but I do at least have the transcript for “The Salem Bitch Trials”, courtesy of https://snltranscripts.jt.org/. It’s honestly one of the funniest skits SNL has … Continue reading →

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_THE LEGEND OF SLEEPY HOLLOW_ by Washington Irving

Posted on October 8, 2025 by Kip

Here you go. For free, from Gutenberg, with Halloween coming up in New England…enjoy. The Project Gutenberg eBook of The Legend of Sleepy Hollow This ebook is for the use of anyone anywhere in the United States and most other … Continue reading →

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A Moment for Chuck Berry

Posted on October 4, 2025 by Kip

For no particular reason, let’s take a moment to take remember of the inventors — the King, in my opinion — of Rock ‘n’ Roll. Offhand, what can I say? The man was a genius and a force on stage. … Continue reading →

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Driving into Boston, circa 1972

Posted on September 30, 2025 by Kip

I may have posted this before, but, meh, so what — it’s a great video of the drive into Boston, which hasn’t changed that much.

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Don’t Declare War on Birds

Posted on September 19, 2025 by Kip

I am actually not joking here, not in the least. Okay, well, I’m not stating mistruths. Maybe I find this a bit amusing, because the map below is actually accurate. Australia apparently had an emu problem and launched “The Great … Continue reading →

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Mamie Van Doren Nude & Semi-nude, From the 1950s Onwards

Posted on September 13, 2025 by Kip

Alright, alright, I might as well drive up the hit counter a bit with some more NSFW links. These are to pinups, glam photos, semi-nudes, and so on, of Mamie Van Doren, whom you might not all know, but who … Continue reading →

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Nichelle Nichols (Lt. Uhura from “Star Trek” The Original Series) Nude

Posted on September 2, 2025 by Kip

Ah, Nichelle. Now why did you have to go and do that thing in Star Trek V and ruin our fond memories of you? Don’t worry, I won’t be directing you to THIS thing: No, no, no, we want Nichelle … Continue reading →

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Happy Labor Day!

Posted on September 1, 2025 by Kip

To all the hard-working people of the United States, Happy Labor Day, and, also, sadly — happy unofficial end of Summer, though it doesn’t technically end until the 22nd. But, most vacations are over, kids are headed back to school … Continue reading →

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Bite the Wax Tadpole

Posted on August 31, 2025 by Kip

You may have heard this phrase jokingly in passing — I use it, myself, to refer to when someone passes (as in, “Hulk Hogan bit the wax tadpole.”) — however, the phrase’s origins are interesting, if you don’t know them. … Continue reading →

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Julie Newmar (the original Catwoman) Nude in the May 1968 Issue of Playboy

Posted on August 25, 2025 by Kip

Courtesy of OldSchoolCool, the shoot is over here on Reddit. Other places do have the photos, but are full of popups and trash and blech and so on, so props to OldSchoolCool. Just click on the picture of Julie right … Continue reading →

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